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Vehicle 50414


Class 103

Builder: Park Royal
Layout: Low-Density
Length: 57ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: LMS
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30286
Diagram: 635

Allocations

w/e 04/10/58 New to 3C (Ryecroft)
4w/e 29/11/58 Transferred to 3E (Monument Lane)
4w/e 27/12/58 Transferred to 18A (Toton)
4w/e 27/12/58 Transferred to 1C (Watford)
3w/e 31/01/65 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
11/09/65 Transferred to 2H (Monument Lane)
4w/e 01/01/66 Transferred to 2G (Ryecroft)
2w/e 10/09/66 Transferred to 6A (Chester)
May-70 Transferred to 86A (Cardiff Canton)
04/05/70 Transferred to 81D (Reading)
Jan-72 Transferred to 84A (Laira)
11/12/72 Withdrawn from 84A (Laira)

Disposal

Preserved - more details.

Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:


50414 56169 As delivered to - October 1958
50414 56169 Noted 18th December 1958
50414 56103 Noted 19/12/67 - at Manchester Exchange1
50414 56169 Noted 21/08/68 - at Chester1
50414 56160 Noted 27/09/69 - at Crewe2
50414 56169 Transfer to 81D - 7w/e 18/07/70
50414 56169 Noted 05/12/70 - at Windsor1

Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Gerald Brown

Images:

Class 103 DMU at Carpenders Park

29th August 1964

DMBS M50414 leads a Park Royal DMU at Carpenders Park (Watford) on 29 August 1964. Stuart Mackay Collection.

Class 103 DMU at Taunton

October 1975

Set number: P201

Park Royal 2-car Local Passenger dmu (Class 103) Set No.P201, thought to be W50414 + 56169, in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends stored at Taunton, 10/75. Withdrawn in 1972 and now in the ownership of the West Somerset Railway they would be moved to that railway in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.

Class 103 DMU at Taunton

October 1975

Set number: P201

Park Royal 2-car Local Passenger dmu (Class 103) Set No.P201, thought to be W50414 + 56169, in BR Rail Blue livery with all yellow front ends stored at Taunton, 10/75. Withdrawn in 1972 and now in the ownership of the West Somerset Railway they would be moved to that railway in December 1975. Hugh Llewelyn.


The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:

DMU

Date: circa 1972

Set number: P201

Class 103 set P201 (presumably 56169 + 50414) at Churston. Date unknown, probably circa 1972. Stuart Mackay Collection.